CityJet
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| Founded | 1994 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Charles de Gaulle International Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Dublin Airport London City Airport Charles de Gaulle International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 24 | ||||||
| Destinations | 7 | ||||||
| Parent company | Air France-KLM | ||||||
| Headquarters | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||
| Key people | Pat Byrne Chairman & Founder Tony Regan, General Manager Flight Ops Geoffrey White, CEO | ||||||
| Website | http://www.cityjet.com | ||||||
CityJet is an airline based in Dublin, Ireland. It is an Air France subsidiary operating franchise services in Europe. Its main base is Dublin Airport, with a hub at Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Paris. The airline also provides an aircraft and crew service for Air France and its network partners at both Paris airports [1].
History
The airline was established on 28 September 1992 and started operations on 12 January 1994. It was founded by Pat Byrne and began operations between London City Airport and Dublin under a franchise agreement with Virgin Atlantic Airways. On 4 July 1997 the airline began operations on the route using its own brand and identity. During this time the relationship with Air France began with CityJet operating the Paris to London City service on behalf of Air France. In May 1999 Air France took a 25% equity stake in partnership with Air Foyle Ireland, but assumed complete control in February 2000. It is wholly owned by Air France and has 654 employees (at March 2007)[1].
It carried over 1.1m passengers in the financial year 2004 and had profits of over €7m.[citation needed]
ScotAirways's scheduled routes from London City are being absorbed into the CityJet for Air France network. From September 3, all ScotAirways services will be operated under the CityJet brand, and ScotAirways' Do 328s will be painted in CityJet for Air France colours.
Destinations
Cityjet operates the following routes (April 2007)[2]:
Air France by Cityjet
- Paris (Charles de Gaulle International Airport) to Birmingham, Dublin, Edinburgh, Florence, Gothenburg ([[Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport])(Shannon) and Zurich.
- Paris (Orly Airport) to London (London City Airport).
- Dublin to London (London City Airport).
CityJet for Air France
- London (London City Airport) to Geneva, Zurich, Nice, Madrid, Dundee, Belfast City, Strasbourg and Edinburgh.
- Dundee, Belfast City and Edinburgh are in parthership with Scot Airways.
CityJet currently operate a wet lease for Scot Airways on the early morning rotation to Edinburgh from London City Airport to increase capacity on the route.
In December 2007, CityJet announced a new route between Paris (Charles De Gaulle) and Shannon in February 2008, to replace the Aer Lingus Shannon-Heathrow route, which will end in January 2008.
Fleet
The CityJet fleet consists of the following aircraft as of May 2007:[citation needed]
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers | Notes |
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| BAe 146-200 | 10 | 93 | Photograph of EI-DJJ [1] |
| BAe 146-300 | 2 | 104 | Photograph of EI-DEW [2] |
| Avro RJ85ER | 23 | 95 |
In July 2006, the average age of the CityJet fleet was 19.7 years old and it is thus one of the oldest passenger fleets in Europe. Most of the BAe 146 aircraft were acquired from the United States when most services using the BAe 146 stopped in the early 1990s. The airline will replace the 146's with second-hand Avro RJ85 aircraft, which have been sourced from Mesaba in the USA. Deliveries are ongoing.
At early July 2007 the average fleet age has dropped to 16.1 years due to some of the new RJ85 aircraft entering the fleet.
At late October 2007 the average fleet age has further dropped to 14.2 years.
New aircraft registrations are EI-RJA to EI-RJP AND EI-RJR to EI-RJX
External links
References
- ^ a b Flight International 3 April 2007
- ^ "CityJet.com". Retrieved 2007-08-13.
- Fuelled by Belief: The CityJet Story by Pat Byrne, first printed September 2004 - ISBN 1-904148-57-3